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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Hattie Morahan on Bringing Her Acclaimed Doll’s House to the West End and Acting With an Infant by Matt Wolf

After enjoying two sellout runs at London’s Young Vic, Hattie Morahan is bringing her acclaimed performance as the famously emancipated heroine Nora in A Doll’s House to the West…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AM
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Chimerica’s Stephen Campbell Moore on Overcoming Illness & Playing Americans on the London Stage by Matt Wolf

Since his 2006 run as a teacher in the Broadway transfer of Alan Bennett’s much-laureled play The History Boys, English actor Stephen Campbell Moore has played Americans in the UK prem…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PM
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Theater Review: Nick Payne’s Latest Play Takes Him in a New Direction by Matt Wolf

"The Same Deep Water As Me" takes an uncompromising view of Britain's so-called compensation culture and raises laughs where a more hectoring view of events would find a lament.  &…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:07AM
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Douglas Hodge on How Willy Wonka is Like Michael Jackson and the Broadway Timetable for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Matt Wolf

Douglas Hodge won Olivier and Tony Awards for his flamboyant yet poignant turn in La Cage aux Folles, catapulting this veteran of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Pinter into the musical theater pan…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09PM
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Making Shakespeare Sing Anew With Debut of Love's Labour's Lost Musical by Matt Wolf

Playbill.com offers an inside look at the original musical Love's Labour's Lost at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Jill Winternitz on Having the Time of Her Life as Baby in the West End Return of Dirty Dancing by Matt Wolf

Why give up on a lucrative thing? That’s the thinking behind the return of Dirty Dancing, which has arrived at London’s Piccadilly Theatre for an encore engagement after breaking…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PM
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Theater Review: Black-Themed Theater Abounds in London by Matt Wolf

London's stages currently are offering an unusual wealth of plays written and performed by black dramatists and actors.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:04PM
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

A Rich Stew of Classics, Revivals and New Plays Lure London Visitors in this Month's Datebook by Matt Wolf

Planning a late summer trip to London? There’s lots of great theater to choose from beyond the West End’s many long-running hits. If you’ve got a thirst for what’s ne…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:59AM
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Lenny Henry on Fulfilling a Prophecy from James Earl Jones in the Acclaimed West End Revival of Fences by Matt Wolf

Lenny Henry has long been known as one of Britain’s best and brightest comedians, but the strapping 6’3” talent has been no less impressive in recent shifts to “strai…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PM
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Theater Review: A Fresh Start for Royal Court Theater by Matt Wolf

A new boss precedes her ascendancy with an exhilarating summer lineup.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:31AM
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

A Star Is Born! Meet Cynthia Erivo, Who Plays Celie in John Doyle’s London Premiere of The Color Purple by Matt Wolf

At 26, and only a few years out of drama school, Cynthia Erivo is making the sort of London theater splash of which dreams are made. The diminutive powerhouse opened on July 15 at the Menier…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PM
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

John Gordon Sinclair on His Chilling Role in the West End Black Comedy The Ladykillers by Matt Wolf

John Gordon Sinclair wasn’t yet 20 when he burst on to the screen in the 1981 Bill Forsyth film Gregory’s Girl, and the Scottish-born actor has distinguished himself on stage in …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PM
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Theater Review: A British Comedian in August Wilson's 'Fences' by Matt Wolf

The British comedian Lenny Henry is giving one of the performances of the year as the Pittsburgh sanitation worker whose world implodes around him in August Wilson's American tragedy. &…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:16AM
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Macbeth, St. Peter's Church, Manchester by Matt Wolf

Talk about absence making the heart grow fonder! I'm referring not simply to the news value of Kenneth Branagh making one of his comparatively rare returns to the theater, this from an actor…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:51AM
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Anna-Jane Casey on Missing a Chance at Broadway, Stalking Seth MacFarlane and Finally Getting a Turn in London's Billy Elliot by Matt Wolf

Anna-Jane Casey has sung Sondheim at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Rodgers and Hammerstein at the annual Royal Albert Hall Proms and co-starred in the most recent London incarnation of Fo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:03PM
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Kenneth Branagh, Toby Stephens & the British Debut of The Color Purple Make for a Lively London Datebook by Matt Wolf

At last, warm weather has come to London, and the theater season continues to sizzle, as well. This month’s pickings include new projects from 2013 Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PM
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Theater Review: 2 Actors Overcome Their Film Personas by Matt Wolf

Reviews of Tennessee Williams's "Sweet Bird of Youth," with Kim Cattrall, and Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan," with Daniel Radcliffe.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:50AM
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Night Alive, Donmar Warehouse by Matt Wolf

Can theatrical lightning strike twice? That certainly looks to be the case at the Donmar, which has followed Josie Rourke's expert revival of Conor McPherson's contemporary classic, The Weir…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:30PM

Dianne Pilkington on Wicked Memories and the Fun of Singing ABBA in London's Mamma Mia! by Matt Wolf

London stage favorite Dianne Pilkington spent three years on the West End as Glinda in Wicked and was one of Tyne Daly’s students in the London transfer of Master Class early last year…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:38AM

Theatre review: Patti LuPone wreaks vengeance on Andrew Lloyd Webber by Matt Wolf

Patti LuPone says she loves London though one sometimes wonders why, given the treatment that Broadway’s original Evita has endured at the hands of a particular English composer, who also …

SOURCE: The Independent at 05:14AM
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hard Feelings, Finborough Theatre by Matt Wolf

Doug Lucie's signature spikiness remains intact, and then some, in the Defibrillator production of Hard Feelings, which is sure to pack out west London's tiny Finborough and might well be a …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:45AM
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Gary Wood on Attacking Brad Pitt in World War Z & Stopping the Show in London’s Chorus Line by Matt Wolf

At 28, Gary Wood is appearing in his third production of A Chorus Line, this time at the London Palladium. As Paul, the soft-spoken gay Puerto Rican whose monologue stops the show with no si…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PM
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Theater Review: A Riveting Viewing of Eugene O'Neill's 'Strange Interlude' by Matt Wolf

Simon Godwin directs a new National Theatre production of an American drama for which the British would seem to have more of an affinity than compatriots back home.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:16AM
Monday, June 10, 2013

Tony Awards: It's a triumph for the ladies - Telegraph by Matt Wolf

Cyndi Lauper triumphs at New York's Tony Awards as British import Matilda fails to win the crucial Best Musical prize.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 09:10AM
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Tony Awards 2013: Why Matilda may not win a Tony - Telegraph by Matt Wolf

RSC musical Matilda may suffer for its sophistication at the Broadway awards when they take place tonight, says Matt Wolf.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 06:56PM
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Rufus Hound on Going from Stand-Up Comedian to West End Star in One Man, Two Guvnors by Matt Wolf

Rufus Hound has made a sizable name for himself as a comedian on the British stand-up circuit and recently starred on screen in The Wedding Video. Now, the 34-year-old Englishman is spending…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PM

IHT Rendezvous: In London Theater, Repetition Is Not a Dirty Word by Matt Wolf

Far from being put off by an overabundance of a certain play, audiences in Britain seem to enjoy collecting different experiences from each rendition the drama.    

SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 06:29AM
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall Sizzle on Stage in this Month's London Datebook by Matt Wolf

London theater is looking and sounding very American these days. But there are plenty of notable British-born ventures to lure early summer stagegoers, as well, including the long-awaited mu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PM

Daniel Radcliffe Finds His Brogue, Charlie Gets a Golden Ticket & Kim Cattrall Sizzles in this Month's London Datebook by Matt Wolf

London theater is looking and sounding very American these days. But there are plenty of notable British-born ventures to lure early summer stagegoers, as well, including the long-awaited mu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PM
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Theater Review: “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Regent’s Park theater by Matt Wolf

Robert Sean Leonard of "House" fame provides an American backbone for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:34AM

Theater Review: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Regent’s Park theater by Matt Wolf

Robert Sean Leonard of "House" fame provides an American backbone for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:34AM

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